Overalls.



J. STEGKER.

OVEEALLS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 7,1908.

v Patented June 8, 1909.

hue/1m? IosErn STEOKER, or CINCINNATI, oHI'o.

ovERALLs.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed November 7, 190a.Seria11iTo.461,562.

Fate'nted. June 8, 1909.

To all whom itmayroncem:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH STEcKER,.a citizen of the United States,residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and, useful Improvementsin Overalls, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to overalls, and I employ the term overalls in thespecification on the-line zz of Fig, 1.

and claims as including overall-pants, which are garments which are thesame as overalls with the exception that, Whereas in overalls theside-seams of the legs are made straight, in overallants the material'iscut to impart shape to the legs at these side-seams.

My invention is also applicable to so-called bib-overalls. v

It is the object of my invention. to provide an overall with novelmeansas part of the overall for permitting the same to give to bendingor stooping strain by the wearer, to provide novel ventilatin means forthe same, to provide an overa l which will have an .easy fit andaccommodate itself to the movements of the wearer, and the inventionwill be readily understood from the following description andclaims, andfrom the draw: in%, in whichlat'ter: 1

igure 1 is arear elevation of my improved overall, partly broken awaFig. 2 is a bottom view of the same part y broken away, showing thecrotch and the legs of the-garment, stretched sidewardly for exposing.the longitudinal shape of the crotch-inset and the relation between themedian inset and the crotch-inset. Fig. 3 is a detail in section Fi 4 isa detail in section on, the lined/W 0 Fig. 2; and, 5 is a detailin'section on the line 00-50 of ig. 1. r

' A A represent the rear leg-sections, and B B the front leg-sections ofthe overall. The rear leg-sections comprise theseat-por tions indicatedby the. seat-halves 'O C; which are usually in one piece with the rearlegbsections, Y v

D. represent the sections of the u per hand. These sections of the upperban are spaced from each other at the back of the garment, as shown at EE, from the respective upper edges of the rear leg-sections, this spaceeing preferably of V-form, the apices of which are presented outwardly,toward the outer side-seams F of the garment.v

' The outer ends of these spaces are filled by irflsets G G preferablyof the goods of which t e g g etween them and the rear leg-sections.

The rear leg-sections have their upper ends united by a median seam 'H.Between the rear ends of the insets G G and said median seam there arereinforces I I at the respective sides of the median seam. Elasticstrips K K are located at the respective sides of the p median line ofthe garment between the upper band and the upper ends of the respectiverear leg-sections, these elasticstrips beiug shown securely sewed to theband, as shown by the seams 1, and to the upper edges of the rearleg-sections and reinforces, as

arment is composed and having seams,

shown by the seamsZ. There are openings L L between the outeredg'es ofsaid elastic strips and the insets G G, these openings bemg shownvertically disposed between the band sections D D and the reinforces II. These openings L L pass entirely through the garment and formventilators at the rear of the garment and are so placed that relieffrom wearer just below the waist-band, there being elastic supports atthe inner side of said,

eat or covering is lmparted to the ventilators for yieldingly supportingthe rear [leg-sections of the garment from thewaistband, below whichwaist-band the ventilators are located, thewaist-band being in practicecom osed of a plurality of thickshape of the garment.

nesses of goo s which aid in maintaining the The ventilatorsthusneutralize the additional warmth usually generated by the pluralityof thicknesses of goods of the waistband. A V-opening M'is locatedbetween-the inner ends of the sections of the waistband and the elasticstrips, the said elastic strips preferably converging toward theirbottoms. These elastic strips webbing shown at 7c, extending Ilengthwise of the direction of the strain. A suitable suspending devicemay He provided on the inner-ends of the band-sections 1ninclosing'rubber lengths may be composed of lengthwise of the strips andlongitudinal plane with the said elastic strips,

so that the strain of th will be exerted directly upon both t e band.and elastic stri s, in the eneral directlon pf length of the ru berlengths contalned 111 said webbing. ThusI have shownbuttons N N securedto the bandand the, strips, these bute suspendin device tons being forthe purpose of receivin suspenders shown at O O which are usua y ofnon-elastic material. The suspenders may if preferred be-sewed to thegarment at approximately the location of the buttons.

As hereinafter stated, the inner u per ends of the rear leg-sections areunited by a median seam H, which seam preferably extends only a shortdistance below the normal positions of the buckle-straps Q Q whenclosed, this median seam being a seam which is interrupted approximatelyat the upper ends of the seat-portions C C of the garment.

The seat-portions are provided with recesses R R at their inner edges,there being an elastic inset S received in these recesses. The rearleg-sections are connected with the elastic inset S by means ofbranch-seams 3 4 and side-seams 5 6.

The elastic inset S is referably com osed of webbing s and rubberlengths s, the e astic inset being similar to the webbing and rubberlengths of which the elastic strips K K are composed, with the rubberlengths extending longitudinally of the directions of length of theinset and of the direction of the strain upon the same. This inset ispreferably of \I-shape, with the apex of the V terminating adjacent tothe crotch T. The inset S extends longitudinally of the median line ofthe garment and is located at said median line. The side-seams 5' 6 arereferably gathered seams, as indicated in the drawing, for imparting afullness to the seat, and so constructed with relation to the elasticinset that elastic extension of the inset in the direction of its lengthis permitted by said fullness, but undue stretch of the inset isprevented within the bounds of its elastic limit by the goods in thelateral seams, the goods being non-elastic, the stretch permitted theelastic inset being well within its limit of yield. The arrangement issuch that when this limit of the stretching of the inset has beenreached, the gathered portions of the seam will have extended so as toprevent further yielding at theelastic strip, and therefore lengtheningits life by preventing undue stretching thereof.

An elastic crotch-inset U extends laterally of the crotch, the middle oflength of whichis ad acent the lower end of the elastic median inset S.The elastic crotch-inset extends to both sides of the median line of thegarment, preferably 1n substantial \I-shape, for formmg an elongateddiamond-shaped inset,the outer ends of which are met by the crotchseam WW, which branch for forming the branch-seams X X between saidcrotchinset and the rear and front leg-sections of the garment. Q

The crotch-inset U is also formed of webhing u with rubber lengths atherein, similar to the elastic strips K K. These rubber lengths,however, extend crosswise of the length of the crotch-inset, andlengthwise of the strain upon the same. The crotch-inset is preferablydistanced from the slit Y of the garment. I

In my improved construction, the strain caused by stooping movement ofthe wearer is distributed in the garment, at the rear thereof, betweenthe crotch and the upper band, while at the same time the garment isreinforced by the goods of the garment so that the shape of the garmentis maintained and the elastic portions are inserted in such manner asnot to interfere with the comfort of the wearer, especially at theforward crotch-portions between the crotch and slit, the crotch-insetbeing spaced from said slit.

Variations in detail may of course be employed without departing fromthe spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is;

1. An overall comprising in combination rear leg-sections, an upper bandseparated from said rear leg-sections at the rear of the garment, andelastic strips connecting said respective rear le -sections and bandadjacent the middle 0 the said rear of said garment, said respectiverear leg-sections and band having an opening therebetween at the outerside of each of said elastic strips extending completely through thegarment and forming ventilating openings entirely through said garment.

2. An overall comprising in combination a pair of rear leg-sections eachhaving a seatortion, and an elastic inset at the median ine of saidoverall connecting said seat-portions and extending longitudinally ofsaid median line, the adjacent side edges of said seat-portions beingprovided with gathered seams connecting with the sides of said elasticinset, and constructed and arranged for permitting extension of saidadjacent side edges of said seat-portions by the straightening of saidgathered seams longitudinally of said median line, substantially asdescribed.

3. An overall comprising in combination rear leg-sections, an upper bandseparated from the said rear leg-sections at the rear of the garment,and elastic strips at the said rear of saidgarment connecting saidrespective rear leg-sections and band, there being an opening betweensaid band and each of said rear leg-sections at the outer side of eachof said elastic strips, a median inset in the seat of said garmentextending longitudinally of the median line thereof, the respective sideportions of said seat being provided with gathered seams connecting withthe sides of said last-named inset, the upper ends of said rearleg-portions being united between the said elastic strips and medianinset.

4. An overall comprising in combination rear leg-sections, an upper bandseparated Q from the said rear leg-sections at the rearofthe garment;elastic strips at the said rear of ing between said band and each ofsaid rear leg-sections at the outer side of said respective elasticstrips, a median inset in the seat m ,of'said arment extendinglongitudinally of A longitudinally of said me cent side edges of saidseat-portions being the me 'an line thereof; the respective sideportions of said seat being provided with gathered seams connecting thesame with the sides of said last-named inset, the upper ends of saidrear le -portions being united between the said e astic stri s andelastic inset, and a crotch-inset of substantial elongated diamond formadjacent the lower end of said medianinset.

shaped elastic inset at the medlan line of said overall between saidseat ortions extending 'an line, the adj a webbing and ru provided withgathered seams connecting With the respective sides of said elasticinset for permitting longitudinal extension of said adjacent sides ofsaid seat-portions by the straightening of said gathered seams, the apexof the V of the said elastic inset being projected toward the crotch ofsaid overall, a laterally'extending elastic crotch-inset havingsidewardly tapering ends and comprising lengths extending crosswise ofsaid crotchinset, the aplces of said crotch-inset being projectedlaterally, and the apex of said firstnamed elastic inset being adjacentsaid crotch-inset, substantially as described.

' In testimony whereof I have signed my I name hereto in the presenceof-two subscrib- 5. An overall comprising in combination rearleg-sections havlng seat portions, a V

ing witnesses.

JOSEPH STECKER.

l/Vitnesses:

WM. T. BARTOLETTE, DAVID HALEY.

her lengths, said rubber

